From a8aa538b0970c28e203ee6c0f33cb2adf19412bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 08:41:13 +0000 Subject: (path_concat): Improve comment. From Paul Eggert. --- lib/path-concat.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/path-concat.c b/lib/path-concat.c index 08b7cbf2b..02e92af01 100644 --- a/lib/path-concat.c +++ b/lib/path-concat.c @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ longest_relative_suffix (char const *f) /* Concatenate two pathname components, DIR and ABASE, in newly-allocated storage and return the result. - The resulting file name is equivalent to what you would get by - running (cd DIR; cat BASE), where BASE is ABASE with any file system - prefixes and leading separators removed. + The resulting file name F is such that the commands "ls F" and "(cd + DIR; ls BASE)" refer to the same file, where BASE is ABASE with any + file system prefixes and leading separators removed. Arrange for a directory separator if necessary between DIR and BASE in the result, removing any redundant separators. In any case, if BASE_IN_RESULT is non-NULL, set -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2